St Petersburg is planning ahead



Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 15:14 by ce-press

St Petersburg is the only passenger port in Russia, according to Vadim Kashirin, ceo Passenger Port of St Petersburg Marine Facade (PSPMC). Speaking during the Cruise Europe conference in April, he reminded those attending that it took two years to build the Marine Facade facility with Bermello Ajamil & Partners being the consultants.

This year there are 263 calls scheduled bringing more than 599,000 passengers which are 6% (16 calls) and 7% (40,0000) up on 2017 respectively.

There are three cruise terminals and one combined cruise-ferry terminal. The port complex includes seven berths with a total length of 2,171m and a quay depth of 10.7m. The maximum length of ship that can be accommodated is 340m with the maximum draught being 8.8m. It is 30km from the airport and 5km from the city centre.

Kashirin commented on the facility: “The sock shape means we can work with strong winds and waves. Since construction the number of passengers has doubled. The top three visiting nations are Germany, US and the UK. Eighty percent arrive from North America and Western Europe.”

Since 2003 passengers have been allowed to stay for 72 hours without a visa which is a major benefit. However they must take tours rather than visit the city independently.

Taking into account the developing trend of increased cruiseship capacity and size PSPMC plans to start designing remote mooring bollards by quay 7, which will increase the quayage by 109m and will provide simultaneous berthing of two 333m vessels at quays 6 and 7. In total three mooring dolphins are planned to be constructed in two stages. The first stage is to construct one mooring dolphin which will increase quayage by 42m. The second stage will be completed later as additional dredging needed to complete the project.

Meanwhile the construction of a sports centre will allow crew members, port workers and the local community to participate in sports practices and competitions. The project is ready, but construction work has not yet begun.

Looking further ahead Kashirin said there are plans to build a river terminal, commenting: “We are constantly working to improve the infrastructure and nearby areas. The plan of the port is to be active all year round. We want to extend the length of the quays and to increase it by more than 100m. We are also expecting to get under our operation a ferry terminal.”
St Petersburg is  planning ahead
Artist's illustrations of the new dolphins (c) Passenger Port of St Petersburg Marine Facade





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